I need help today Tomorrow Yesterday And on the day after Farther and farther Off onto eternity For Everyday I see you Smile Simply At me A sun lights up the sky in lemon yellow glee And again In the hallway Dirty gray clouds retreat To reveal a bright blue Snowing butterflies and flowers

My dreams are filled with

Friends and rainbows Replacing the fear that Once Resided There And i wake to a new dawn I will see you today!

You spoke to me today Stiff and awkward Not at all what i expected But I had heard your voice before Of course You said “Hi” And then my name You know my name! I never realized I guess That you see me too

Last night, In my dreams, We had ice cream I want to tell you We ate Ice cream! I realize you might not even like it I know very little about you. Only you Your eyes and your blond brown hair Your name Your smile

You asked me about homework today I giggled Silly i replied I have done homework opon homework For years and years And my parents don’t care Well Not anymore My downcast eyes tell you all you need to know

The fear returns tonight Simmering Under the happy bunny puppy dreams Boiling over Melting Oozing over my carefully crafted cheerfulness The radiator I sleep next to every night seems to sense my distress She hums in a calming lullaby Rocking me to sleep

You tell me your stories Someone pushed you down the stairs He will miss his homework today And the next And the next And the next

You are not here today I am worried Memories of red My red Spilt on white linoleum And oh Oh Does my head ever hurt

I don’t remember much from yesterday You were not here You ask what assignments you missed I check over your face For signs of pain Or trouble You say a cold

Yes a cold Flu Stomach bug Many many excuses To excuse the inexcusable To figure how to hide the new scars

Flashes of blood Him Him Him.

Deep punctuated gasps He went to far I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t Breath?

The Radiator Hummmmms I float Pail as ever My translucent skin a poor shield from the cold It permeates in the spot I believe to be my soul Under my coat In the hole His knife cut into my lung Forcing me To live Like this-no This is not life I would find him End him but I would miss you I don’t know how You can see me but You do And Because of that Well … I love you

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